Greece is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2005 judgment of the Court establishing its failure to fulfil obligations under the ‘Waste Directive’

Date of article: 02/12/2014

Daily News of: 05/12/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

In addition to a lump sum of €10 million, the Court orders Greece, until the 2005 judgment is complied with in full, to make a penalty payment, the actual amount of which will depend on the progress made by Greece, but which, if there is no such progress, will be more than €14 million for each six-month period of delay

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Italy is ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to comply with a 2007 judgment of the Court establishing failure to fulfil obligations under the waste directives

Date of article: 02/12/2014

Daily News of: 05/12/2014

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

In addition to a lump sum of €40 million, the Court requires Italy, until the 2007 judgment is complied with in full, to make a penalty payment of €42 800 000 for each six month period of delay in taking the necessary measures

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The Court clarifies the methods by which national authorities may assess the credibility of the declared sexual orientation of applicants for asylum

Date of article: 02/12/2014

Daily News of: 05/12/2014

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Article language: en

Directives 2004/83 and 2005/85 establish, respectively, the minimum requirements that third country nationals must fulfil in order to be able to claim refugee status, and the procedures for examining applications for asylum and the rights of applicants.

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Prüfverfahren zum HCB-Umweltskandal in Kärnten

Date of article: 01/12/2014

Daily News of: 05/12/2014

Country:  Austria

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Article language: de

Volksanwalt Peter Fichtenbauer leitet ein amtswegiges Prüfverfahren zum HCB-Umweltskandal im Kärtner Görtschnitztal an. Er wird die vorgeschriebenen Kontroll- und Sicherheitsvorkehrungen systematisch analysieren, um beurteilen zu können, ob ein behördliches Versagen vorliegt und ob die Sicherheiten zum Schutz der Bevölkerung im Umweltrecht streng genug sind.

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Brinek: Bürgerfreundliche Regelung durch „Wohnrechtsnovelle 2015“

Date of article: 01/12/2014

Daily News of: 05/12/2014

Country:  Austria

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Article language: de

Jahrelang herrschte Unsicherheit und Uneinigkeit bezüglich der Erhaltung der Heiztherme in Mietwohnungen und in Bezug auf die grundbücherliche Eintragung von Zubehör zu Eigentumswohnungen. Eine Gesetzesänderung soll nun Klarheit für alle Beteiligten schaffen.

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